POST SURGERY QUESTION
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about this and it’s bugging me. I am a
terribly picky eater. There isn’t a whole lot a variety in my diet. I
don’t eat any sort of pasta, pizza, rice, nothing with any kind of sauce or
gravy, a few veggies, a few fruits, and my soda - I LOVE my coke. I know
I’ll have to give up my coke, and I’m ready to make that sacrifice. I’ve
actually found some flavored carbonated waters that are really good (one
even tastes like grape soda - and it’s just water! No fat, sodium,
calories, NOTHING!). Anyway, what will I be able to eat after surgery? I
don’t think I could tolerate potted meats and cottage cheese…..any ideas?
July 28th, 2004 at 9:38 am
Well, everyone is different as to what they can tolerate and what they can’t,
and then it sometimes goes day by day. Something you had today and were fine
with, ends up bothering you the next time you try it.
First, I was only able to tolerate sips of water and tiny bites of S/F jello or
pudding for the fisrt few weeks. Then, my father pureed whatever he was having
for me for meals, and I did a shake a day, too. I ate pureed potroast with
carrots and potatoes and gravy, pureed pork roast with potatoes and gravy, and
the broth from soups. Anything you can puree, you can have for the first month,
but the measurements of what you can eat are very small…I used a Nyquil
measuring cup and most times couldn’t finish that.
After that month, I started doing the shake for the morning meal, then a snack
about 2 to 3 hours later, then a lunch of protein, then a snack 2 to 3 hours
later, then dinner of protein and some veggies, then a snack about 2 to 3 hours
later. I try to do nuts (unsalted) for snacks, or fruit, or I drink V8 juice. I
make sure I get in all my protein (50 to 60 grams a day) and water (64 or more
ounces) and vitamins daily.
Good luck!
PS Good protein snacks are the nuts, string cheese, hard cheese, cottage cheese,
etc.
Micki (not Mikki) in Baltimore, MD
Aetna/US Healthcare
Open RNY April 29, 2002
358/338.8/313/308/290/285/280/270
Officially on ‘the other side”!
Dr. Michael Schweitzer, Sinai Baltimore
“Keep your eye on the prize and stoke the fire within!!”
July 28th, 2004 at 3:08 pm
In a message dated 7/18/02 11:30:39 AM, debih@… writes:
<< what will I be able to eat after surgery? I
don’t think I could tolerate potted meats and cottage cheese…..any ideas?
Every surgeon has his or her own plan, so check with your surgeon. My
surgeon has you eat full liquids from the time you leave the hospital until
your 3 week check up. Full liquids include anything that fits through a
straw basically. I pureed a lot of soups. Vegetable soup was my favorite.
I dumped on tomato soup, so watch that…there’s surprisingly a lot of sugar
in it. Cream soups made me ill and I came to find out I was lactose
intolerant but that has since subsided quite a bit. I still don’t drink
milk, but I eat dairy within things and it’s fine. Then our surgeon has us
add crunchy foods that turn to powder in your mouth like crackers for
instance. Then at five to six weeks we can eat whatever we like. Things
that seemed to sit well with me at first were chicken nuggets, hamburger,
chicken and seafood salad, shredded chicken like in chicken
sandwiches…without the bread, shrimp, fake and real crab, orange roughy. I
could eat steak pretty early on….at about 8 weeks out, but my hubby
couldn’t. Oh, also lunch meat turkey and chicken were good, but not ham at
the beginning. I still can’t handle much sugar, but other than that I can
eat most anything I want. I start with protein and add fruits and veggies,
and carbs last of all. Hope this helps!
Vicki
open RNY 6/28/01
140# and loving life!
July 28th, 2004 at 7:05 pm
An important piece of information is to keep your mind open to change
throughout this entire process. Many of us have our tastes change entirely
after surgery… our eating things we never thought we would in our wildest
imaginations… and never wanting to eat favorite foods ever again. It is
weird! I *adored* mushrooms pre-op… ate them every day and with almost
everything. Since surgery, they taste like I am eating a spoonful of
dirt. I used to salt everything pre-op… without tasting… and then
added even more. Now, everything tastes incredibly salty… and sweet
things? gadzooks, they taste sickeningly sweet! Fruit… fresh fruit…
is almost too sweet now, whereas pre-op, I would have added powdered sugar
and chocolate sauce to everything.
As I said, WEIRD!
Barbara Herrera
San Diego, CA - 41 years old
Open RNY April 5, 2001
Dr. Julie Ellner, Alvarado Hospital, San Diego, CA
04/05/01: 344# / BMI: 63/ Body Fat%: 75%
04/05/02: 172# / BMI: 31.6/ Body Fat%: 28%
06/29/02: 164#/ BMI: 30.0/ Body Fat%: 26%
One Year Re-Birth Day: healed of ALL co-morbs, mobile beyond every
expectation, every pre-op dream surpassed a million-fold, and smaller than
any memory.
July 29th, 2004 at 7:10 am
for one thing you can NOT have carbonation for a while after surgery.
Including your water. That is one reason no pop because of the carbonation
so even your water will not be a good thing. After surgery you will be able
to eat what you are doing. What do you eat now? You will have to find
sources of protein — that is important — and if you don’t eat protein rich
foods (beans, cheese, fish, chicken, etcetera) then you will DEFINITELY NEED
to supplement with shakes. Bear in mind though after surgery you may want
things you hated previously. Many people do and this is normal. Things taste
different and you may find yourself liking things you didn’t like before.
There is mashed potatos, yogurt, .. what do you eat now???
Denise Rasley
mailto:drasley@…
BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98
Lost over 90% of excess and maintaining
Gained a beautiful daughter on 8/9/00